SHANE LOWRY needs a mega week at the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba in Mexico if he is to overcome half the US Ryder Cup team.
The Offaly man is No 42 in the world and has not lifted silverware since that famous day in 2019, where he won the Claret Jug for winning The Open at Royal Portrush.
If he does win a sixth honour in this week's $7.2m PGA Tour stop, it would be a massive advantage coming into 2022.
Lowry's form has been excellent for the majority of the year, but finished fourth with Pádraig Harrington in the PGA Championship at Kiawah Island, he is yet to make the podium.
Lowry has yielded no fewer than 12 top-25 finishes since finishing eighth in The Players at TPC Sawgrass in March.
KOHLER, WISCONSIN - SEPTEMBER 25: Shane Lowry of Ireland Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images)Lowry and his opposition
The opposition at El Camaleon Golf Club won't be easy as the favourite Abraham Ancer will be looking to get the better of Justin Thomas, Scottie Scheffler, Tony Finau,Brooks Koepka, Patrick Reed and European stars such as Tyrrell Hatton and Matt Fitzpatrick, and Sergio Garcia,
Norway’s Viktor Hovland defends, feeling like a far more accomplished player.
“I’ve got a bit more experience, played a few more major championships, being part of a Ryder Cup,” said the world No 17, who has three wins in 60 professional starts since Lowry won at Portrush. “I just feel like I have a better understanding of myself and my own game, and just being kind of comfortable doing what I’m doing.
“Even though I haven’t put myself in as many places to win tournaments since then as I maybe would have liked, I feel like I’m definitely handling the pressure at the moment a lot better.”
Lowry'sCaribbean coast visit concided with Séamus Power and Graeme McDowell, as Ardglass’s Cormac Sharvin, Harrington and Jonathan Caldwell in the Portugal Masters.
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